See also: ولی and ولى

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
و ل ي (w l y)
22 terms

Verb

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وَلِيَ (waliya) I (non-past يَلِي (yalī), verbal noun وَلْي (waly))

  1. to be close to, stand immediately by, be neighboring, follow close upon (transitive)
  2. to follow
    Antonym: سَبَقَ (sabaqa)
    يَلِي ٱلْعَدَدَ ٢ ٱلْعَدَدُ ٣ وَيَسْبِقُهُ ٱلْعَدَدُ ١.
    yalī l-ʕadada 2 l-ʕadadu 3 wayasbiquhu l-ʕadadu 1.
    The number 2 is followed by the number 3 and preceded by the number 1.
    مَجَالَات بحثي المتخصص هي كما يلي: التصوّف وتاريخ الوحي القرآني وتفسير القرآن.
    My specialized research areas are as follows: Sufism, history of the Quranic revelation, and Quranic interpretation.
  3. to confine with (transitive)
  4. to depend, appertain
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وَلِيَ (waliya) I (non-past يَلِي (yalī), verbal noun وَلْي (waly) or وَلَاء (walāʔ) or وَلَايَة (walāya))

  1. to be a friend, assistant, helper
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وَلِيَ (waliya) I (non-past يَلِي (yalī), verbal noun وِلَايَة (wilāya) or وَلَايَة (walāya))

  1. (transitive) to administer, govern, be placed at the head of
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Etymology 1.2

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Noun

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وَلْي (walym

  1. verbal noun of وَلِيَ (waliya, to be close to, be friends with, administer) (form I)
  2. nearness, proximity, contiguity
  3. friendship
  4. government of a province
  5. shower after shower
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Etymology 1.3

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Adjective

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وَلِيّ (waliyy) (feminine وَلِيَّة (waliyya), elative أَوْلَى (ʔawlā))

  1. near
  2. adjacent
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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ولي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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وَلِيّ (waliyym (plural أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ))

  1. (Islam) one of the most beautiful Names of God: The Protector
  2. (Islam) prophet, saint
  3. relative, neighbor, friend, beloved one
    وَلِيّ الْعَهْدwaliyy al-ʕahdheir apparent
  4. helper, protector, benefactor, patron, master
  5. administrator, bestower
  6. client, slave
  7. favorite
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  • Azerbaijani: Vəli
  • English: wali
  • Ottoman Turkish: ولی (veli)
  • Classical Persian: وَلِی (walī)

(via plural form أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ))

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